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良禽择木

liáng qín a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb) / fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
liáng good / very / very much
  qín (bound form) birds; fowl / (literary) birds and animals / old variant of
   to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]
    surname Mu
    (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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